cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17119069

“In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law,” warned Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

  • snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    Biden won’t abuse this power because he isn’t a complete trash person and SCOTUS knows it. They know that the only party that will abuse this power is the Republican party.

    So until this trash opinion is undone, every single election is an imminent threat to democracy.

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      5 months ago

      They should be terrified of what Trump would do to them with this power, though. History has shown time and time again that, just because Trump likes you today, that doesn’t mean he won’t fire you tomorrow. Or in this case, should I say “fire” you tomorrow.

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        5 months ago

        Leopards won’t eat their faces. Or if it seems like they will, they’ll just do what he wants. They may have tried to maintain appearances of doing law, just conservatively, during his presidency, but since then they’ve abandoned it and are just a kangaroo court. You don’t declare the president a king and precedent optional while still maintaining some pretense of justice. They think they’ve won and now is the time to put their plans into motion.